Example sentences of "it is difficult for [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is difficult for a woman to understand a man 's sensitivity to any slur on his virility .
2 ‘ But it is difficult for a car !
3 ‘ A man may deposit on his land excrement which is foul smelling and a nuisance , but it may be that the evil effects wear off in twenty-four to forty-eight hours so it is difficult for a local authority to serve an abatement notice and prove that the nuisance was still in existence when service was made , whereas now , once the deposit is made and is indeed a statutory nuisance , then the statutory nuisance has occurred , and if the local authority are satisfied it will occur again they may serve a prohibition notice ’ .
4 It is difficult for a European to find the rational basis for this optimism .
5 And he exults , like Richard III , in his abilities in deception , which have indeed supplanted his real self : It is difficult for a modern audience , which has lost that sense of reverence attaching to ‘ service ’ that animated Renaissance society , from the glorification of the vita activa down to the duties of bondsmen and tenants , to appreciate fully the shock that these self-revelations would have had .
6 The strategy is that it is difficult for a predator to home in on its target in the confusion which follows an attack on a shoal which scatters in all directions .
7 It is difficult for a minority team to break in , even a minority team which would , in the end , have done the job more efficiently .
8 Although promoters may employ reputable consultants , it is difficult for a consultant to a project to put all the disadvantages from the environmental point of view as thoroughly and firmly as would be done by a totally neutral person .
9 ‘ Things are going on at this school , ’ went on Dr Ali , in a whisper , ‘ of which it is difficult for a good Muslim to approve . ’
10 Modern houses have so many labour-saving devices that it is difficult for the person at home to have adequate exercise by doing chores , cooking , and looking after a family .
11 Furthermore , it is difficult for the participant observer not to exert some influence on the events that are being observed .
12 Since each department is responsible for its own buying it is difficult for the store to buy in bulk , and thus cheaply
13 It is difficult for the athletes who know Daley to understand why so many people are unable to get along with him .
14 A well trimmed model is much easier to fly and it is difficult for the beginner to trim a model without help .
15 In this case , it is difficult for the woman to pretend her partner is naturally more ambitious than herself , but many other women buy into this fantasy because it justifies the sexual status quo .
16 A management may be such that it is difficult for the worker to identify in any way with them .
17 It is difficult for the twentieth-century , non-Jewish reader of the Gospels to appreciate just how radical Jesus appeared to his contemporaries , and especially to the religious establishment , who held such a powerful position in Jewish life .
18 Open questions make it possible for respondents to say what they really feel , but it is difficult for the researcher to organize the answers into categories in order to count them .
19 When it is difficult for the family or the child to attach themselves to each other , then at the end of the day the child will leave the family and become attached to the black community .
20 It is also necessary because it is difficult for the designer to be precise ahead of time .
21 Moreover , it is difficult for the human mind to pay attention to the interpersonal actions and to the substantive issues at the same time .
22 It is difficult for the present generation of comparable age to realize what a change , in this respect , has been brought about by television .
23 It may suit some English commentators to think of the IRA as only a terrorist force rather than the Irish Republican Army because the acronym represents the IRA as shadowy forces of savagery and evil , which by definition it is difficult for the civilised good to understand .
24 I think that he knows that it is difficult for the Government to accept any proposal before the question of Community law is resolved , and also that his proposals are relatively controversial .
25 It is difficult for the Government to criticise those signatories .
26 It is difficult for the forces of law and order to identify who is responsible for what , as the hon. Member for Oxford , East saw in Oxford in the autumn .
27 In such circumstances the purchaser is likely to insist that the obtaining of these critical consents is a condition precedent to completion of the acquisition and it is difficult for the vendor to oppose this if the consents are truly critical .
28 It is difficult for the Browns as their house is a gable-end property which makes it difficult to heat .
29 It is difficult for an individual complainant to show that there has been discrimination against him/her on the grounds of race .
30 It is difficult for an authority to pursue its priorities and plan to meet the needs of its population , whilst part of its resources are being used to pay for outward flows which may not figure in those priorities .
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